"Ousel" Quotes from Famous Books
... whistle louder than an unfledged ousel," said the boy, as Tressilian, having laid down his money, and half ashamed of the folly he practised, made a careless whistle—"you must whistle louder than that, for who knows where the smith is that you call for? He may be in the King of France's ... — Kenilworth • Sir Walter Scott
... The ousel-cock, so black of hue, With orange-tawny bill, The throstle, with his note so true, The wren with ... — A Fairy Tale in Two Acts Taken from Shakespeare (1763) • William Shakespeare |